Truth be told, it's the '25FPS' figure that's hitting the headlines, even though there's lots more context to the news than that. First off, as we say, there's plenty of optimization to be done by launch in November - but also, the interview that this news comes from has plenty of praise for Microsoft, with the Xbox team continuing to support development.
The Ukrainian studio, which has been through lots of hardship since it embarked on Stalker 2 development, says Microsoft has "visited several times, providing essential expertise on what else we could do that we didn't think of". The team assures fans that it is "still working on optimization for Xbox Series S" and "the Xbox team is contributing a lot" to that effort.
Anyway, we just wanted to bring that bit more nuance to this whole situation, because yes, a 25FPS performance figure is of course going to spread like wildfire. Let's give GSC Game World the time it needs, and frankly deserves, to get Stalker 2 in ship shape for its Xbox Game Pass release on November 20th.
